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I am an artist from Iraq, and I currently live in Sweden. The multicultural coexistence I have encountered here has had a significant impact on me and my life. My art explores cultural identity, the relationship between uniqueness and diversity, and how it influences my Iraqi identity—for better or worse.
I constantly seek and try to deepen the experiences that affect my cultural divide, but with one foot in the Middle East, and the other in Europe and Sweden. It is not only in painting that this duality is expressed and is constantly present, but also in other techniques that I work with, such as conceptual art and performing arts.
This feeling will be a part of my artistic expression for many years to come and in future work and studies. This is also why some of my works have a political significance to them, since the question of identity cannot be completely separated from political connotations.
Areej AL Mansory
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